4KCSQ Squishy Brake Pedal

[Lawrence C Leung]

Sounds like you need a bleed. Also, this is a vacuum boosted car, so no
relation to steering (hydraulic boost, don't recall the fluid, check
owner's manual). One neat thing in these older cars, pump the brake pedal
furiously enough with the car at idle, and the idle goes up!

LL - NY

On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:16:19 -0800 (PST) patrick austin
<paanta at yahoo.com> writes:
>Here are the symptoms on my '86 Audi 4000CS Quattro
>(stock brakes except for stainless steel lines).
>
>Brake pedal is soft n' squishy, but the car still
>stops fine with a minimal amount of effort, locks the
>wheels if you stand on it, etc.  It has been this way
>since I got the car.  It's sitting low enough though
>that I cannot, for the life of me, heel-toe the car. 
>It's very disconcerting to someone who is used to
>rev-matching on downshifts. 
>
>It doesn't get all that much harder if you pump the
>pedal.  The steering doesn't seem to be affected at
>all.  I'm not leaking any fluids visibly.  
>
>I'm new to older Audis.  Does this car use the same
>hydraulic fluid for steering and brake booster?  What
>is a likely cause of this?
>
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